Children's programming company "Programming Cat" announced the completion of 1.3 billion yuan of D round of financing

recently, the children's programming company Programming Mao announced the completion of 1.3 billion yuan of D round of financing. It is reported that this is also the largest round of financing in the field of children's programming in China. This round of financing was led by a fund of Baring Asia, followed by CITIC Securities Investment, Jinshi Investment, Youshan Capital, Wen Capital, Sino-Ocean Capital, Greater Bay Area Fund, Bank of China International, etc., Hillhouse Capital, CMB International, Bank of China Old shareholders such as Bohai Zhongsheng and Yueke Xintai under the group continued to follow suit.

According to the company’s APP information, the programming cat belongs to Shenzhen Dianmao Technology Co., Ltd., which was established in March 2015. The legal representative is Li Tianchi. In the "Entrepreneur" list, Li Tianchi also became a member of the list. According to the Southern + reporter, as an entrepreneur born in the 90s, Li Tianchi and his partner returned to China in 2015 and founded the children's programming brand Programming Cat. He independently developed a matrix of programming tools suitable for children aged 4-16 in China. And content innovation strength to carry out close cooperation with schools across the country to help Chinese children comprehensively improve their logical thinking and comprehensive literacy. At present, Codingmao has entered more than 17,000 primary and secondary schools in China and is committed to comprehensively promoting the development of China's programming education. At the same time, it became one of the first four companies to obtain the "Online Education Service Certification" 5A certification from the Online Education Research Center of the Ministry of Education.

Programming Cat founder Li Tianchi

[Reporter] Ye Dan

[Author] Ye Dan

[Source] Southern Press Media Group Southern + Client